Re: [PATCH v5 04/34] x86/traps: add external_interrupt() to dispatch external interrupts

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Mar 20 2023 - 13:48:00 EST


On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 04:36:30PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 06:39:16PM -0800, Xin Li wrote:
>
> > +#ifndef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
> > +/*
> > + * Used when local APIC is not compiled into the kernel, but
> > + * external_interrupt() needs dispatch_spurious_interrupt().
> > + */
> > +DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IRQ(spurious_interrupt)
> > +{
> > + pr_info("Spurious interrupt (vector 0x%x) on CPU#%d, should never happen.\n",
> > + vector, smp_processor_id());
> > +}
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * External interrupt dispatch function.
> > + *
> > + * Until/unless dispatch_common_interrupt() can be taught to deal with the
> > + * special system vectors, split the dispatch.
> > + *
> > + * Note: dispatch_common_interrupt() already deals with IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR.
> > + */
> > +int external_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int vector)
> > +{
> > + unsigned int sysvec = vector - FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR;
> > +
> > + if (vector < FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR) {
> > + pr_err("invalid external interrupt vector %d\n", vector);
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (sysvec < NR_SYSTEM_VECTORS) {
> > + if (system_interrupt_handlers[sysvec])
> > + system_interrupt_handlers[sysvec](regs);
> > + else
> > + dispatch_spurious_interrupt(regs, vector);
>
> ISTR suggesting you can get rid of this branch if you stuff
> system_interrupt_handlers[] with dispatch_spurious_interrupt instead of
> NULL.

Ah, I suggested that for another function vector, but it applies here
too I suppose :-)